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The Last Days of Oakland

The Last Days of Oakland
A drawing of Fantastic Negrito holding a guitar and sitting on a street sign at the corner of San Pablo and 32nd in Oakland
Studio album by Fantastic Negrito
Released June 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
Genre Blues rock
Length 43:00
Label Blackball Universe
Producer Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito chronology
Fantastic Negrito
(2014)
The Last Days of Oakland
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (81%)
Review scores
Source Rating
The Times 4/5 stars
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The Guardian 4/5 stars
Noisey (3-star Honorable Mention)

The Last Days of Oakland is an album by Fantastic Negrito. Rayanne Pinna described the album as "an urgent, political record that grapples with the many changes Oakland has seen in recent years." In 2017, it won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

All songs written by Fantastic Negrito, except "In the Pines" by Lead Belly.


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